6th Grade
In the sixth grade, students learn about their Christian life of love, the law of God, their human frailty in following that law, and the means that God gives them to follow His law especially through graces received in the Holy Mass. By focusing the study of salvation history on typology in the Passover feast and the Last Supper, the students are brought to a deeper understanding of the Eucharist. (Ignatius Press)
The sixth graders also complete a unit on the Theology of the Body in the Spring which helps the students understand what it means to be a human person and how we are made to love others. Notre Dame Middle School using the Ascension Press Theology of the Body series created specifically for middle school students.
The sixth graders also complete a unit on the Theology of the Body in the Spring which helps the students understand what it means to be a human person and how we are made to love others. Notre Dame Middle School using the Ascension Press Theology of the Body series created specifically for middle school students.
7th Grade
Students learn about God’s loving gift of revelation through creation, the prophets, the Incarnation, and the Church. Grace is understood as being central to our relationship with God because it unites us with Him and allows us to share in His eternal life. The seventh grade places special emphasis on the role of grace in the seven sacraments and in developing the virtues. (Ignatius Press)
8th Grade
The eighth grade covers the history of the Church – its founding by Christ, its birth and life in the Holy Spirit, the marks of the one true Church, the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, the saints, and the role of religious communities in Church history. Also covered is the structure and hierarchy of the Church, the Magisterium, clergy, religious, and laity. Students come to know and love the Church as Christ’s Body, to better understand the nature of their life in the Church, and to respond to the teaching of the Magisterium as the sure voice of Jesus, strengthening their lives in the Church and leading them to discern their specific vocations and to live lives of Christian holiness in the world today. (Ignatius Press)